Nis nu cwicra nan.”Įnjambment is another important formal device, one that’s concerned with the way that lines transition. For example, the ninth line of the poem reads: “Bewail my sorrow there is now none living.” The original version is, “mine ceare cwiþan. Often, the lines were stopped midway through and picked up later on. Caesural pauses were an important part of Anglo-Saxon poetry. These include but are not limited to alliteration, enjambment, and caesura. The anonymous poet of ‘ The Wanderer’ makes use of several interesting literary devices that are still discernible despite the vast differences between Old English and modern English. The majority of them are four-five lines long. In this particular version, the translator has attempted to keep the stanzas the same length. There is no rhyme scheme or metrical pattern discernible in the translation. As is the case with the vast majority of Anglo-Saxon poetry, these lines are alliterative, meaning that rhythm I based on the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. This translated version is in modern English and only reaches 116 lines. ‘The Wanderer’ is an Old English poem that’s written in 153 lines. In the end, the speaker draws the poem to a quick conclusion telling the reader that the only solution for this sorrow is to turn one’s mind and heart to God. Additionally, the speaker further emphasizes the wanderer’s loneliness by describing the other losses he suffered. Now, they’re aimlessly seeking out a new “lord” while mourning the old and all the warm memories along with that time. This person is separate from their “lord,” the person around whom they structured their life. The speaker in this piece is well acquainted with sorrow and describes a “wanderer” experiences with it. These themes are quite common within the best-known Anglo-Saxon verse. The anonymous writer of ‘The Wanderer’ engages with themes of loneliness, suffering, and religion in the text. At the end of the poem, the speaker focuses on what he sees as the only true solution for sorrow-God. But that’s not enough to relieve him of his unhappiness. One of the upsides of having experienced many sorrows and winters is that he has knowledge that only the elderly and other wanderers possess.
But, just as he starts to feel a bit of his sorrow lift, he’s reminded of all he’s lost. As he travels, he has brief moments of peace as well as some nice dreams. Now, he’s seeking out a new life but can’t escape the memories of the old one. He’s lost his lord, his home, his kinsmen, and more. In the first parts of this piece, the speaker describes a wanderer, someone who lost everything that meant something to him. ‘The Wanderer’ is a long Old English poem in which the speaker details the life and struggles of a wanderer.
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